Some of the best meals in Oklahoma happen in places you would drive right past without a second look. I went looking for a quick bite near the water and ended up eating on a dock that gently rocked under my chair.
Boats bobbed beside the tables, a band tuned up nearby, and the lake stretched out in every direction. It turned an ordinary lunch into the kind of afternoon you keep telling friends about.
A Marina Tucked Into Fort Gibson Lake
Out on East 700 Road near Wagoner, the pavement eventually gives way to water, and that is where Whitehorn Cove Marina waits. It sits right on Fort Gibson Lake, one of the big, friendly lakes of northeastern Oklahoma.
Visitors often describe it as a hidden, tucked-in spot, the kind you only find if someone tells you about it…